Category: Arizona State News

Two armed robbery suspects are on the run after knocking off a CVS in Queen Creek. Deputy Joaquin Enriquez with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office says the two suspects entered the store and pistol whipped one of the employees and demanded cash while customers watched in terror. The suspects took off in a new white Dodge Mini Van. Deputies have little to go on except the men were dark-skinned, possibly Hispanice or Native American wearing bandanna’s to cover their faces. —Kris Dugan...

A woman is gunned down while driving State Route 51 at the mini stack. Sergeant Jon Howard with Phoenix Police says the woman frantically called 9-1-1 about a truck following her when the 9-1-1 operator heard at least three gun shots and the phone went dead. The woman was shot in the head and crashed her car into a wall causing two additional minor accidents. The woman was rushed to the hospital where she later died. Before the woman was shot, she managed to tell 9-1-1 there were three Hispanic men chasing her and they were driving a white work truck with a ladder and tool box on the back. The suspects got away and may have exited at Thomas Road off SR 51. Several people remained on the scene to give investigators their eye witness accounts of what happened. Police are also asking for more witnesses to come forward. Anyone with information is asked to call Phoenix police or Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS. —Kris...

Rapper Drake is making “Headlines” after being robbed of millions of dollars in Phoenix. Sergeant Vince Lewis with Phoenix police says Drake hit the state at Talking Stick Resort Arena when someone snuck onto Drake’s tour bus and stole a briefcase holding $3 million worth of property. Drake was in the Valley for his “Summer Sixteen” tour featuring DJ “Future The Prince” when he was robbed. An investigation is ongoing. The “One Dance” Rapper is now headed to Los Angels “Staples Center.” —Kris...

An elderly Prescott woman is giving a prayer of thanks after a freak parking accident. Deputy Chief of Police Amy Bonney says an 89-year-old woman trying to parallel park on top of a steep hill didn’t quite make the spot. The woman struck the car parked behind her that sent the car barreling down the hill, rolling through the intersection, popping up over a curb, and ran into the “Solid Rock Christian Church.” It was nothing short of a miracle that no one was injured. Bonney says it appears the woman may have hit the gas instead of the breaks that caused her to hit the car behind her. Bonney says it’s amazing the car didn’t hit trees, or people or other cars on this way down the hill. She says “it sort of threaded the needle, taking out the least resistance and causing the least amount of damage as possible.” —Kris Dugan ...

A knife-weilding suspect lunges toward police and is shot dead. Sergeant Jon Howard with Phoenix Police says the suspect’s mother called for help after her son started arguging with her while holding a sword. The son took off before police arrived but did find the man had a felony arrest warrant. When her son returned, the mother called police again to say he was fighting with neighbors and threatening them with a knife. The suspect kept police at bay for about an hour while they tried to convince him to surrender. When the suspect left the apartment, he had a large hunting knife tied to his hand and charged officers. Police tried to use nonlethal means to stop the suspect, but he kept coming leaving a handful of officers to open fire on the suspect. He was pronounced dead at the scene. —Kris...